Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 30, 2019
The pilot project, which will form part of Volkswagen’s operations in Rwanda, was officially announced today by Thomas Schäfer, CEO of Volkswagen Group South Africa and responsible for the Sub-Sahara Africa Region, in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Rwanda, Right Honourable Dr. Edouard Ngirente.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 23, 2016
Volkswagen is taking a further step to develop market potentials in Africa. The concept provides for app-based mobility solutions such as car-sharing and ride-hailing to be offered in Rwanda. Volkswagen is consistently developing market potentials in Africa. Rwanda does not have an established vehicle industry.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 19, 2018
The Volkswagen brand has founded “Volkswagen Mobility Solutions Rwanda”, a company based in Rwanda. Going forward, the brand will be focusing in particular on new app-based mobility services such as car sharing and ride hailing in Rwanda. Overall, Volkswagen and its partner companies will create up to 1,000 jobs in Rwanda.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 3, 2017
The Volkswagen brand has established a "Sub-Saharan Africa” region to develop and strengthen its activities in the African market. We will drive forward the development of these new markets in cooperation with various African governments—and gradually strengthen and expand the new Sub-Saharan Africa region. —Thomas Schäfer.
Cars That Think
JULY 29, 2023
The IEEE member from Kigali, Rwanda, participated in installing portable sinks in nearby rural markets to curb the spread of COVID-19 and provided clean water and sanitation services to people displaced by the Mount Nyiragongo volcano eruption in 2021. This provides easy access to records and improves coordination of care.”
Cars That Think
MARCH 15, 2024
We know the folks at Zipline pretty well, though, and they’ve certainly made creative engineering work for them, as we saw when we visited one of their “nests” in rural Rwanda. Early Droid concept sketches by designer Gregoire Vandenbussche featured legs that would fold up after delivery. We want to be a universal delivery service.
Cars That Think
AUGUST 25, 2021
The field of automated precision agriculture is based on one concept—autonomous driving technologies that guide vehicles through GPS navigation. And not all countries have reliable satellite coverage—in agricultural markets like Kazakhstan, coverage can be unstable. Your browser does not support the video tag. Cognitive Pilot.
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